Carver dares highwaymen to work on late shift
Police Captain Duke Carver challenged criminals to pull another job after a string of holdups along the St Hedwig road. He reports seven holdups and two attempts in August, with one fatal wounding, and notes no robberies since September 1 while his late-night shift has held the dog watch reputation. He hints the bandits may have left the city.
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Duke Carver
Car
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Oldup
H. E. Dickinson
St. Hed| Wiz ‘Road
Carver
Franklin R. Usry
St Hedwig
G. McGlasson
St.Hedwig Road
Usry
Nee
Charles Meyers
St. Hedwig
Degroes
Charles Slaughter
Woodlawn, Avenue
Franklin Usry
St. Hedwig Road
Charles Sweeney
Maude Monroe
Eva
Eftwig Road
W.G. Clark
Cass Street
Collier
van Ness
Austin
E. Dickinson
Captain Carver
Beauties Parade Before King Neptune In Atlantic City
King Neptune and Atlantic City beauties led a seaside procession before about 75 000 spectators along the boardwalk. Neptune wore a gold crown white hair whiskers and wielded a silver trident atop a shell shaped blue and gold float. Eight beauty court members accompanied him with guards in white while six more wore gold and blue. Also aboard were Miss America and her chaperon.
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Atlantic City
Neptune
Jelly bean bandits captured after weeks of raids
Captain Carter reported that after several weeks of near nightly raids the Jelly bean bandits were captured two nights after the dog watch. He claimed the group scared by reputation and dared them to work while his crew patrolled at night. Captain Carver supported the belief that white men disguised as negroes carried out the robberies.
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Berm
Carter
St. Hedwig Road
Carver
Russia worried over Chinese war
In Moscow the Soviet foreign office committee said China’s affairs threaten regional stability. They alleged a secret power agreement during Hughes's London visit to carve China into zones of influence. The statement claimed the United States abandoned open door, with England taking the south, France Annan, and Japan Manchuria, heightening Soviet anxiety.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Rus
Siz
China
M. Rothstein
Foreign Office
Hughes
London
United States
England
France
Annan
Japan
Manchuria
Ross Prategtsssas
Russia
Miss Kate R Page Weds Biddle Heir in Waymouth Heights
Miss Kate Raboteau Page daughter of former Representative Robert N Page and niece of the late Walter Hines Page married Livingston Ludlow Biddle III at the Page home in Waymouth Heights Southern Pines North Carolina yesterday. He is son of Anthony Drexel Biddle of Philadelphia.
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Southern Pines
Kate Raboteau Page
Robert Newton Page
Walter Hines Page
Great Britain
Page
Waymouth Heights
Livingston Ludlow Biddle TT
Anthoney Drexel Biddle
Philadelphia
Protestant Orphans Home Campaign Under Way in San Antonio
A campaign to fund a new Protestant Orphans Home in San Antonio was launched with leaders like Harry Rogers and D Cross urging support. Canopus club plans sponsorship, with Mary Stuart Edwards and Lions club representatives present. Committee chairs named and a citywide effort expected in the coming weeks. Mayor Tobin, returning from Austin, offered a brief remark of satisfaction.
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Rogers
Rotary Club
D. Cross
San Francisco
San Antonio
Cross
United States
Eare of Children
Harry Rogers
C.H. Surcamp
Mary Stuart
Edwards
Lions Club
Congpians
Canopus Club
Croswell Hall
Comeratte
Teachers Meet Adjourned fory er South west Texas Institute closes
Enrollment surpassed 1923 by about 100 teachers with 2150 white and 25 percent black teachers in 1924, totaling around 2400. Dr Jeremiah Rhodes elected conductor for 1925. trustees began planning next year with hopes for better lecturers, demonstrations, rural education specialists, and inspirational speakers. Demonstrations featured 51 classes daily as the institute closed Friday.
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Southwest Texas
Rhodes
Deaf Mutes Aid Coolidge Clubs Form in New York
The director of the Colle and Dawes clubs announced efforts to organize deaf and dumb voters in New York State. Mrs Coolidge was a teacher before marriage, and Western headquarters for the Coolidge and Dawes clubs were expected to open by tomorrow.
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Colle
Dawes Clubs
Teaching history as connected action, not isolated facts
Dr George F Arps of Ohio State University urged teachers to present historical events as part of a larger movement. He argued that the value of dates like Paul Revere's ride and Washington's Crossing lies in their role within human actions, not as unrelated fragments.
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Phmu
Teorge. F. Arps
Ohio ‘State University
Paul Revere
Washington
The
Delaware
Drs
Burglar Loots House on West Woodlawn Avenue
Burglary occurred Thursday night at the home of G. O. Lucas 927 West Woodlawn Avenue. Several hundred dollars in clothing a string of pearl beads and two rings were stolen. The theft disrupted the Lucas family and prompted nearby notices and small advertisements.
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G. O. Lucas
West Woodlawn Avenue
Fort Worth Hosts Warehouse Men Meeting
Fort Worth hosted a gathering of warehouse workers addressing chief concerns and common problems. The report notes a focus on annual state issues and ongoing discussions at the event.
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Fort Worth
Auto thief steals three cars in rapid spree
Witnesses say a man stole three autos within blocks. The first crashed into another, the second ran out of gas after being started, and a policeman recovered the third. He was held for trial in Superior Court under $3000 bail.
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Superior Court
Chicago Theaters Bar Defense Talks Role in City
A fragment notes Chicago theater owners defending itself against a local defense committee. Jack Miller, president, cites patron disruption and financial strain as reasons for refusal to participate in urgent talks, indicating a conflict over wartime morale and theater operations.
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Chicago
Owtierd
Jack Miller
Miller
Jimmie Brazier Faces Trial In Local Court
Jimmie Brazier known as the jelly bean bandit is scheduled for trial in the Thirty-First District Court on Tuesday. Special Judge W A Hog set the trial date after Brazier was charged in multiple indictments with robbery. He was arrested December 5 after an attempted hold-up in a Goliad raid. Accomplices Walter Tinsley Clyde Irsvin and Henry Burke were also jailed. Tinsley has been tried twice and acquitted. The four men formed a gang that terrorized motorists on Bexar County roads for months before capture. Tinsley was wounded in the last attempted hold-up.
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Jimmie Brazier
Thirty Perents District
W.A. Hog
Frazier
Fredrine
Goliad
Walter Tinsley
Clyde “Créepy
Irs
Vin
Henry Burke
Tinsley
Bexar
County -Roads Fox
Tilsley
Pickens Dies in Oil Field Accident Near Corsicana
In Corsicana Texas on September 5 a worker named Pickens, 28, was killed while working on a bumping rig south of town. His body was found near the engine after apparently falling into the belt. He had come here from Rockdale.
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Corsicana
Tex
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Beauties
King Neptune
Kate R. Page
Biddle
Conopians
Tobin
John W. Yobin
Democ
East Houston St
Woolworth’s
Rialto Theater
Bell Jewelry Co. Credit Jewelers
Coolidge
Eading
Auto Parte Co
Kirkspl
Wharton
Crockett
A. A. Brown
Hoover
Kirkwood& Wharton
Alamo, Jewelry Co
Alamo “Platen
Bandera Road
Macdona Shooting Club Hall
Fratt
Beck
Adolph Herff
JP. Oldham
W. Commerce’ St
Ad. Fe
Angie
T. Hirschfeld
Ady
Thavi
Blick
Provideal Black Kid
Oxford
Pri Hee’ Rice
Sap
Wade
Tim
Meurter
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